Improved shoemakers  pincers



' Cilnml Staten @met @imite Letters Patent No. 98,7 96', dated January1l, 1870.

IMPROVED SHOENIAKERS PINCBRS. d

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all persons to whom these presents may come Be it known that I,THEOPHILE PILOTE, of Marlborough, in the county of Middlesex, and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inShoemakers Pincers; and do hereby declare the same to he fully describedin the following speciication, and represented in the accompanyingdrawings, of which- Figure 1 is a side elevation,

Figure 2, atop view, and Y Figure 3, a vertical and longitudinal sectionof a. pair of pincers provided with my invention.

' In the said drawingsa and Z1 denote the jaws of the Dincers c, theusual hammer-head; and

d e, the handles, the joint-pin being seen at f.

In carrying outV my invention, I combine, with the jaws, hammer-head,and handles,a claw, g, to extend from thatl handle, d, to which the headc is` afixed, the arrangement ofthe claw being as represented.

I combine, with either or each handle, anawl, h, to extend from it neariVts end.

The awl may be inserted ina socketed projection,

fi, on which a cap or thimble, k, may be screwed, to

hold the awl in place, such awl being provided with a' ange or collar,ll. i The claw, as well as the avvl, is foundto be of great; advantage inlasting the uppers of shoes, as must be apparent to any4 Shoemaker.

My arrangement of the claw contemplates its projection from the veryj'aW-lever'e, to which the head c is'vafxed, and also from that side ofsuch lever which Vis opposite to the one to which the head is fixed,this being advantageous in the construct-ion, as well as in theoperation ofthe implement.

I make no claim to the combination of an awl with pincers, nor do Iclaim an auxiliary hammer-head to .one jaw, and its operation with'ahammerhead fixed to the other jaw.

fI claim the shoemakers pinceis, as made with' the claw g, arranged andcombined with the jaws, the

hammer-head, and the handles, as set forth.

